Anyone have a junk or parts TJD engine around they'd like to sell the distributor out of ? While installing new points in mine tonight, the tab on the plate that holds the points in place broke. It had a slight bend in it and when I tried to twist it straight so the points lined up correctly, it broke rite off.

Prestolite Distributor IGW 4412 8 A

I'm going to email Tim Stine in PA and hopefully he has the part I need. I'd hate to have to buy a complete new distributor. Forklift is out of commission. : (

<p>Ok, just read the part on the prestolite distributor, but he might have those parts to....</p>

Thanks for looking, the only thing I've found is complete new distributors. ($190)
Last option for me. I only paid 300 for the forklift.
If the part can't be found, I hope to be able to fab something up.

take it to a local welding shop and have it TIG welded, this will lend strength to the piece and have him fill the hole in and you just have to drill it out and retap it to the correct size . of course this is assuming you don't have the ability to do this yourself . the tjd we have with a distributor is in to good a shape to part and it's the only one of four we have that does not have a mag and you may consider finding a mag online to use and replace the dist all together they seem to be more reliable when timed right, one of ours can be rope started at twenty degrees on the mag with no power on the buzz rig at all , the magneto does not require any input power for startup or run so with this said i will look through a box of parts and see if there is a points mount plate with the stuff , it all came in one deal on ebay i got a couple years ago ad said box of tjd parts and there was a wide selection of odd parts and some i don't think are tjd parts but will look and see. just my thoughts .

<p>take it to a local welding shop and have it TIG welded, this will lend strength to the piece and have him fill the hole in and you just have to drill it out and retap it to the correct size . of course this is assuming you don't have the ability to do this yourself . the tjd we have with a distributor is in to good a shape to part and it's the only one of four we have that does not have a mag and you may consider finding a mag online to use and replace the dist all together they seem to be more reliable when timed right, one of ours can be rope started at twenty degrees on the mag with no power on the buzz rig at all , the magneto does not require any input power for startup or run so with this said i will look through a box of parts and see if there is a points mount plate with the stuff , it all came in one deal on ebay i got a couple years ago ad said box of tjd parts and there was a wide selection of odd parts and some i don't think are tjd parts but will look and see. just my thoughts . </p>

Looks like fixing it is fast becoming my only affordable option. Tim Stine (the Wisconsin guy in pa) replied back to me this am and he don't have it either. But he does have a new pointless electronic distributor for $180. I'm not putting that much $$ into this unless I absolutely have to.
I ordered a 6-40 tap and will have it welded like you suggested.

Ken, make a new tab for the broken one, have it welded to the base of the broken one after it gets cut off. That will give you the proper location. I think this would be your best and least expensive fix for this.